Neighborhood Programs
Free programs in your community!
Get outdoors with us at one of our free family-friendly programs.
Cincinnati Parks Foundation is proud to support free community programs throughout many neighborhoods in Cincinnati Parks. We partner with local yoga studios, musicians, and world-renowned medical centers to ensure there is something for everyone.
From yoga classes to Family Fun Days, there's something for everyone.
We are proud to partner with yoga studios, musicians, and other non-profits in Cincinnati to bring FREE family-friendly programs to you! You can enjoy a variety of wellness classes like yoga, meditation, or martial arts, or a variety of carnival-like Family Fun Days. Below is a list of current programs happening in Cincinnati Parks in neighborhoods across the city. Please sign a waiver (links below) before attending any wellness/yoga class.
Accessible Programming
We also offer a variety of accessible programs for those with disabilities. To learn more, click a link below:
Family Fun Days
Free pop-up programs with family-friendly activities
Bring your whole family down to one of the following neighborhood parks for free family-friendly fun! You’ll enjoy: Food trucks, live music, bounce houses, face painters, balloon artists, games, and more!
Ezzard Charles Park Family Fun Days
500 Ezzard Charles Dr., Cincinnati
Enjoy inflatable and yard games, face painters, balloon artists, live music, food trucks, and more.
June 23 | 6 - 9 pm with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
July 6 | 1 - 4 pm Boxing Festival
August 17 | 1 - 4 pm Talent Show & Book Bag Giveaway
September 14 | 1-4 pm with Push Play
October 14 | 10am-3pm Ezz Fest with live music by Afro Chine and Positive Vibe Band
Avondale Family Fun Days
Enjoy inflatable and yard games, face painters, balloon artists, live music, food & beverages, and more.
MLK Park | June 22 | 12-4 pm
MLK Park | July 13 | 12-4 pm
Seasongood Park | August 3 | 12-4 pm
Sawyer Point Summer Concert Series
705 East Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati
Enjoy kids' activities, live music, food trucks, vendors, and more.
June 3 | 4-10pm, with Vernon McIntyre's Applachian Grass, Jake Speed and the Freddies, Henhouse Prowlers, and Cincinnati Circus
July 1 | 4-10pm, with Erin Coburn, The Classic Rock Experience, Thunderstruck, Cincinnati Circus, and Fireworks!
August 5 | 4-5pm, with Cliftones, 500 Miles to Memphis, Husbands, and Cincinnati Circus
Smale Family Fun Days
Schmidlapp Event Lawn | 124 E Mehring Way, Cincinnati
Enjoy free ice cream from UDF, face painting stations, balloon artists, animal encounters, and puppet shows.
Bicycle helmet fitting and giveaway with Cincinnati Fire Department & Cincinnati Fire Foundation.
Special book giveaway thanks to friends & family of Ellen Sole and Queen City Book Bank
Free Concerts
Free concerts featuring a variety of musical genres
We've teamed up with Cincinnati Parks and community partners to support live music in YOUR parks!
Rockin' the Roebling
Schmidlapp Event Lawn | 124 E Mehring Way, Cincinnati
Enjoy live music on the Schmidlapp event lawn outside Moerlein Lager House every Thursday from May 18-August 31. All concerts are from 6-10pm.
Sawyer Point Summer Concert Series
Procter & Gamble Pavilion, 705 E Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati
Enjoy free live music, food trucks, beer sales, and a kids zone with face painters, bounce houses, and carnival games.
Join us June 3, July 1, and August 5 from 4-10pm.
Wednesdays in the Woods
Burnet Woods Bandstand, 3298 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati
Brought to you by the Clifton Cultural Arts Center and supported by the Cincinnati Parks Foundation's Stewards of Burnet Woods, enjoy live music, food trucks, beer sales, and family activities.
Join us Wednesdays from May 31-August 9.
Wellness Programs
Stewards of Burnet Woods Wellness Series in partnership with World Peace Yoga
All levels welcome. Participants will enjoy free yoga classes, walking meditation, and special seasonal events in Burnet Woods. This series is made possible by the Cincinnati Parks Foundation Stewards of Burnet Woods.
FREE Community Yoga (All levels) Saturdays, 10–10:45 am AND 11–11:45 am
Burnt Woods yoga is year-round, May 1-Oct 14 at the bandstand and Oct 15 – April 30 at Trailside Nature Center. Yoga at both locations takes place every Saturday at 10 (medium to high intensity) and 11 (low intensity), 45min duration for each.
- LOCATION CHANGE: 7/29 session moved to the picnic grove in Burnet Woods.
Special Programs:
Spring Forest Walk + Community Meditation
Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 pm
Location: Burnet Woods Bandstand, meet at this location to start forest walk
Enjoy a spring walk and let the forest wash over your senses. This experience introduces and explores the benefits of walking mindfully in the woods, followed by a seated meditation. No experience is necessary, and open to all.
Click here to register.
Walking Meditation and/or Forest Bathing
6-week series: September 13-October 18
Wednesdays, 3:00 – 3:45 pm
Location: Meet outside of Trailside Nature Center
Enjoy a walking meditation and let the forest wash over all of your senses. This experience gives you an introduction and exploration to the benefits of walking mindfully in the woods. No experience necessary and open to all. To learn more, click here.
Kids Yoga Series
6-week session: July 1-August 5 with Annie Melzer
Saturdays, 9:30-10:00am
Location: Burnet Woods Bandstand
This is an imaginative kids class with yoga postures that encourage balance, coordination, concentration and building self-esteem. Each class supports the development potential in each child through the practice and wisdom of yoga. Bring smiles and get ready to meow, purr, howl and stretch like cats and dogs. Families/adults welcome to join in the fun. Click here to learn more.
Fall Equinox Yoga
Saturday, September 23, 10am-1 pm
Location: Burnet Woods Bandstand
The fall equinox is a time where the energies of light and dark are held in balance, as the equinox is the day when the length of day and night are perfectly equal. It is a wonderful time of year to contemplate balance and how you may bring more balance to your life. Consider areas of your life where you intuitively feel out of balance and ways you may bring yourself back to center. Balance of movement and stillness, giving and receiving, creating and allowing, doing and not doing, and so on.
Please join us for:
10:00-10:45 am: Medium Intensity Yoga
11:00-11:45 am: Low-Intensity Yoga
12:00-1:00 pm: Balancing Meditation and Relaxation
Click here to learn more.
Winter Solstice Yoga
Sunday, December 17, 1:30 pm
The Winter Solstice is a deeply significant time recognized by nearly every culture to reflect on the days that have passed and the return of the light. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice marks the shortest day (light) and longest night (dark) of the year. It is symbolic of the moon giving birth to the sun…and an opportunity to let go of the baggage (stress, tension, worry, doubt, darkness) we carry and return to our most authentic true self (light). The Winter Solstice offers a quiet energy that allows for looking more deeply within to examine and let go of the past and move with ease into the future. It’s a wonderful time to set intentions and affirmations for the year ahead.
In honor of this special time of year, please join us at Trailside Nature Center on Sunday, December 17 for an intention-setting meditation, honoring the light yoga practice, and guided relaxation.
Click here to learn more.
The individual named below (referred to as "I" or "me") desires to participate in Free Yoga in Burnet Woods (the “Activity”) in partnership with World Peace Yoga and the Cincinnati Parks Foundation, an Ohio non-profit corporation, located at 421 Oak Street, Cincinnati, Ohio (the "Foundation"). As lawful consideration for being permitted by the Foundation to participate in the Activity, I agree to all the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (the "Agreement"). I understand that the Foundation is relying on the statements provided herein in allowing me to participate in the Activity, and I certify that these statements are true and accurate.
I AM AWARE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE ACTIVITY IS AN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY AND INVOLVES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR ILLNESS AND/OR DEATH AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITY WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DANGER AND HAZARD INVOLVED AND HEREBY AGREE TO EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY ACCEPT AND ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS OF INJURY, ILLNESS, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITY, WHETHER CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE FOUNDATION OR ANY RELEASEES OR OTHERWISE. I AGREE AT ALL TIMES TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND CARE IN PROTECTING MYSELF AND MY PROPERTY FROM ACCIDENT, DAMAGE OR BODILY INJURY WHICH MAY RESULT FROM ANY SUCH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTIVITY.
I hereby expressly waive and release any and all claims, now known or hereafter known in any jurisdiction throughout the world, against the Foundation, and its members, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, volunteers, vendors, contractors, affiliates, shareholders, and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, "Releasees"), arising out of or attributable to my participation in the Activity, whether arising out of the negligence of the Foundation or any Releasees or otherwise. I covenant not to make or bring any such claim against the Foundation or any other Releasee, and forever release and discharge the Foundation and all other Releasees from liability under such claims.
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I further hereby grant and convey unto the Foundation all rights, title and interest in and to any and all photographs, audio recordings and/or video recordings taken of me in connection with the Activity, including my name, likeness and voice, as well as any testimonial statements made by me (“Publicity Items”), including but not limited to, any royalties, proceeds, or other benefits derived from such Publicity Items, and I hereby consent and authorize the Foundation and any of its subsidiaries, and anyone else they may authorize, to use the Publicity Items and any reproduction of them in any form, for the purpose of publicizing, promoting and advertising the Foundation’s activities in any media now known or later developed, in perpetuity and throughout the world. I acknowledge that I will receive no fee for the use of my name, statements and Publicity Items as set forth herein. I further acknowledge that the Foundation is the owner of all rights in and to the photograph(s), motion picture(s) and video(s) of my image described above.
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